Chessmen (32) and box

Medium

Ivory, mahogany, brass

Dimensions

Height (black king): 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); Height (black queen): 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Height (black bishop): 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); Height (black knight): 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); Height (black rook): 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm); Height (black pawn): 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); Height (white king): 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); Height (white queen): 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); Height (white bishop): 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Height (white knight): 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); Height (white rook): 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Height (white pawn): 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Overall (box): 4 1/2 × 11 × 9 in. (11.4 × 27.9 × 22.9 cm)

Classification

Chess Sets

Culture

French, Dieppe

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1948

Accession Number

48.174.38a–p, aa–pp, r

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